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November 12, 1996
^ ^ T h c Point News N ew s 3
Copies of calculus exams believed stolen by students
PAUL DADDIO
staff writer
Several students from Professor James
Tanton’s MWF 8 a.m. calculus class stole
copies of the class’s test prior to the ad­ministration
of the test on Wednesday,
October 30. Tanton informed the class on
Monday, November 4, that he had been
made aware of the cheating incident by
one or more anonymous sources.
The sources did not reveal to Tanton the
names of the students involved in the
incident or the number of students in­volved,
but he suspects that “very few”
students took part. Tanton does not plan to
pursue punishment for the students be­cause,
“my information is not strong
enough”.
There have been relatively few docu­mented
cases of cheating at St. Mary’s in
recent years. Administrative Secretary Sue
Mcluckie said that in the 10 years that she
has worked in the college’s Academic
Services Department, she has seen “less
than 10 [reported] incidents of cheating.”
When a professor finds an incident of
cheating, the first step that the professor
takes is to report it through the Academic
Services Department. Therefore, Mcluckie
has seen every reported incident of cheat­ing
at St. Mary’s in the past 10 years.
But Dean of Student Affairs Michael
Freeman has heard a few inklings from
professors that “cheating is on the rise.”
Freeman pointed out that last year, he held
a conversation with former St. Mary’s
professor Mike Kiphardt in which the pro­fessor
expressed concern on the issue. But
Freeman adds that, “It is difficult to guage
whether or not cheating is increasing or
just the reporting of it.”
Penalties for cheating vary based upon
the seriousness of the infraction. Punish­ment
can range anywhere from a failing
grade on the test or assignment on which
a student has cheated to expulsion from
the College. Suspects are referred to the
Academic Judicial board which, after
weighing evidence, makes a recommen­dation
as to the penalty to be paid by the
offender.
The SGA, the Faculty Senate, and Free­man
have been working on an honor code
throughout the year which will address
cheating, among other moral issues. They
hope to have it completed during the spring
semester of this year so that it can be
instituted the following fall. Freeman said
that the honor code will “set an ethic in this
community [St. Mary’s] to say that we
value honesty.”
In the end, Professor Tanton believes,
cheating only ends up harming the cheat­ers.
“It’s an issue of personal integrity and
short goals versus long-term goals. It might
be nice to get a good grade [in the short run
by cheating], but where does it get you in
the long run?”
Commission proposes affiliation between Historic
St. Mary's City and College, protection of lands
HISTORIC, from page 1
that these projects include the hiring of more
archaeologists, interpreters, and historians to
further explore the history of HSMC.
Specifically, the commission says that it
could complete projects such as further exca­vation
of the St. John’s site, research of St.
Mary’s county’s “vast heritage of Indian cul­ture”,
further excavation of Lord Calvert’s first
home, and the reconstruction of early 17th
century buildings. The commission also wants
more money so that it can establish a develop­ment
staff to market HSMC to the rest of the
state and the nation. It believes that this will
draw more tourists to HSMC, thus allowing it
to produce more money on its own.
A task force which was formed six months
ago to come up with a solution to HSMC’s
financial problems has devised a proposal
that will be put before state legislators. The
task force is chaired by Lieutenant Governor
Kathleen Townsend, and includes Vice Presi­dent
at Large of the Washington Post Ben
Bradlee, Assistant state’s attorney general
Margaret McFarland, and St. Mary’s College
President Maggie O’Brien.
First of all, the proposal asks for an annual
base grant of at least $2 million to be used for
operation of HSMC. The state legislature
annually gives HSMC about 1.5 million dol­lars,
but this figure routinely changes from
year to year. The Historic St. Mary’s City
commission hopes that the task force’s pro­posal
will pass so that HSMC will be able to
count on a base grant of $2 million every
year. The commission feels that this would
enable them to fully develop HSMC’s poten­tial
as an educational tool.
Secondly, the proposal requests that the
Historic St. Mary’s City Commission be
made independant of the state government.
Ms. Barnes, explained that, if the bill is
endorsed by state legislators, “The whole
institution [of Historic St. Mary’s City] is
going to by lifted out of the Department of
be made into a public corporation. This means
that the [the Historic St. Mary’s City Com­mission]
will be its own boss and will be able
to determine its own budget.” This also means
that HSMC will be given the power to deter­mine
what it wants to spend its budget on.
The bill also proposes an affiliation be­tween
HSMC and St. Mary’s College. Assis­tant
State’s Attorney General Margaret
McFarland explained that “this legislation
creates an affiliation where the city is autho­rized
to work independantly with the college.”
As part of this affiliation, the bill calls for a
Joint Advisory Board which would “have the
responsiblity toconsideropportunites forjoint
programs of mutual benefit.” Both organiza­tions
share several things in common such as
lands, educational programs, etc.
Members of both feel that an affiliation
between the two will be beneficial to both
institutions. The HSMC commission and the
college hope thatastonger affiliation between
the two will result in classes being taught on
historical events which occurred in HSMC.
The commission hopes that this will result in
an increased amount of attention focused on
HSMC.
Finally, the bill calls for an assurance that
“historic and archaeological land as resources
are protected.” This is a concern because much
of the college’s campus sits on historically
significant land such as the St. John’s site and
Lord Calvert’s grave. In fact, the Schaefer Hall
science building was orignally planned to be
builton historically valuable land. But the plan
was blocked by the HSMC commission and the
building was moved elsewhere. There was
legislation passed in Maryland in 1991 to pro­tect
historic lands, but the task force’s pro­posed
law will refine that legislation by mak­ing
certain that no one, including the College,
ever builds on historic land. It will achieve this
by making it unlawful to build on any land in
the area until the HSMC commission has fully
researched that land to see if it has any histori-
Housing and Community Development and cal value. ____________________
Criminal summons issued for drug suspect
A criminal summons has been issued for the arrest of Susan Ertzinger who is suspected
by state police to have been in possession of drug paraphernalia, according to the state
police press officer. This means that if Ertzinger is found by any police officer in St.
Mary’s county, she can be arrested. If Ertzinger is not arrested locally by December 4, a
criminal arrest warrant will be issued. This means that her name will be filed into
national police computer files and she can be arrested in any state in the U.S.

November 12, 1996
^ ^ T h c Point News N ew s 3
Copies of calculus exams believed stolen by students
PAUL DADDIO
staff writer
Several students from Professor James
Tanton’s MWF 8 a.m. calculus class stole
copies of the class’s test prior to the ad­ministration
of the test on Wednesday,
October 30. Tanton informed the class on
Monday, November 4, that he had been
made aware of the cheating incident by
one or more anonymous sources.
The sources did not reveal to Tanton the
names of the students involved in the
incident or the number of students in­volved,
but he suspects that “very few”
students took part. Tanton does not plan to
pursue punishment for the students be­cause,
“my information is not strong
enough”.
There have been relatively few docu­mented
cases of cheating at St. Mary’s in
recent years. Administrative Secretary Sue
Mcluckie said that in the 10 years that she
has worked in the college’s Academic
Services Department, she has seen “less
than 10 [reported] incidents of cheating.”
When a professor finds an incident of
cheating, the first step that the professor
takes is to report it through the Academic
Services Department. Therefore, Mcluckie
has seen every reported incident of cheat­ing
at St. Mary’s in the past 10 years.
But Dean of Student Affairs Michael
Freeman has heard a few inklings from
professors that “cheating is on the rise.”
Freeman pointed out that last year, he held
a conversation with former St. Mary’s
professor Mike Kiphardt in which the pro­fessor
expressed concern on the issue. But
Freeman adds that, “It is difficult to guage
whether or not cheating is increasing or
just the reporting of it.”
Penalties for cheating vary based upon
the seriousness of the infraction. Punish­ment
can range anywhere from a failing
grade on the test or assignment on which
a student has cheated to expulsion from
the College. Suspects are referred to the
Academic Judicial board which, after
weighing evidence, makes a recommen­dation
as to the penalty to be paid by the
offender.
The SGA, the Faculty Senate, and Free­man
have been working on an honor code
throughout the year which will address
cheating, among other moral issues. They
hope to have it completed during the spring
semester of this year so that it can be
instituted the following fall. Freeman said
that the honor code will “set an ethic in this
community [St. Mary’s] to say that we
value honesty.”
In the end, Professor Tanton believes,
cheating only ends up harming the cheat­ers.
“It’s an issue of personal integrity and
short goals versus long-term goals. It might
be nice to get a good grade [in the short run
by cheating], but where does it get you in
the long run?”
Commission proposes affiliation between Historic
St. Mary's City and College, protection of lands
HISTORIC, from page 1
that these projects include the hiring of more
archaeologists, interpreters, and historians to
further explore the history of HSMC.
Specifically, the commission says that it
could complete projects such as further exca­vation
of the St. John’s site, research of St.
Mary’s county’s “vast heritage of Indian cul­ture”,
further excavation of Lord Calvert’s first
home, and the reconstruction of early 17th
century buildings. The commission also wants
more money so that it can establish a develop­ment
staff to market HSMC to the rest of the
state and the nation. It believes that this will
draw more tourists to HSMC, thus allowing it
to produce more money on its own.
A task force which was formed six months
ago to come up with a solution to HSMC’s
financial problems has devised a proposal
that will be put before state legislators. The
task force is chaired by Lieutenant Governor
Kathleen Townsend, and includes Vice Presi­dent
at Large of the Washington Post Ben
Bradlee, Assistant state’s attorney general
Margaret McFarland, and St. Mary’s College
President Maggie O’Brien.
First of all, the proposal asks for an annual
base grant of at least $2 million to be used for
operation of HSMC. The state legislature
annually gives HSMC about 1.5 million dol­lars,
but this figure routinely changes from
year to year. The Historic St. Mary’s City
commission hopes that the task force’s pro­posal
will pass so that HSMC will be able to
count on a base grant of $2 million every
year. The commission feels that this would
enable them to fully develop HSMC’s poten­tial
as an educational tool.
Secondly, the proposal requests that the
Historic St. Mary’s City Commission be
made independant of the state government.
Ms. Barnes, explained that, if the bill is
endorsed by state legislators, “The whole
institution [of Historic St. Mary’s City] is
going to by lifted out of the Department of
be made into a public corporation. This means
that the [the Historic St. Mary’s City Com­mission]
will be its own boss and will be able
to determine its own budget.” This also means
that HSMC will be given the power to deter­mine
what it wants to spend its budget on.
The bill also proposes an affiliation be­tween
HSMC and St. Mary’s College. Assis­tant
State’s Attorney General Margaret
McFarland explained that “this legislation
creates an affiliation where the city is autho­rized
to work independantly with the college.”
As part of this affiliation, the bill calls for a
Joint Advisory Board which would “have the
responsiblity toconsideropportunites forjoint
programs of mutual benefit.” Both organiza­tions
share several things in common such as
lands, educational programs, etc.
Members of both feel that an affiliation
between the two will be beneficial to both
institutions. The HSMC commission and the
college hope thatastonger affiliation between
the two will result in classes being taught on
historical events which occurred in HSMC.
The commission hopes that this will result in
an increased amount of attention focused on
HSMC.
Finally, the bill calls for an assurance that
“historic and archaeological land as resources
are protected.” This is a concern because much
of the college’s campus sits on historically
significant land such as the St. John’s site and
Lord Calvert’s grave. In fact, the Schaefer Hall
science building was orignally planned to be
builton historically valuable land. But the plan
was blocked by the HSMC commission and the
building was moved elsewhere. There was
legislation passed in Maryland in 1991 to pro­tect
historic lands, but the task force’s pro­posed
law will refine that legislation by mak­ing
certain that no one, including the College,
ever builds on historic land. It will achieve this
by making it unlawful to build on any land in
the area until the HSMC commission has fully
researched that land to see if it has any histori-
Housing and Community Development and cal value. ____________________
Criminal summons issued for drug suspect
A criminal summons has been issued for the arrest of Susan Ertzinger who is suspected
by state police to have been in possession of drug paraphernalia, according to the state
police press officer. This means that if Ertzinger is found by any police officer in St.
Mary’s county, she can be arrested. If Ertzinger is not arrested locally by December 4, a
criminal arrest warrant will be issued. This means that her name will be filed into
national police computer files and she can be arrested in any state in the U.S.